Heroes Basketball Update: July 11-17BQE Ballers pull out a win over Force, 56-38 The BQE Ballers took control on Thursday, defeating Force, 56 to 38. The game was set on fast breaks, and many spectacular plays were made.Dennis Hot le...

Michael Abanikanda: One to WatchThis week’s one to watch is Michael Abanikanda, a junior running back at Thomas Jefferson High School. Abanikanda was recently named to Football University’s Top Gun showcase in Williamsburg Virgin...

Sacred Heart wins TWO baseball championshipsIn 1989, gas prices were a lot less expensive, Johnny Carson was still hosting The Tonight Show, Bette Midler had the number one hit “Wind beneath my Wings” , and Sacred Heart won a CYO baseball ch...

Cyclone Watch: Clones off to a strong startThe Latest: The Cyclones raced out the gate to start the season, taking two of three against the Staten Island Yankees and sweeping the Aberdeen Ironbirds. At 7-4, the Cyclones sit in first place i...

Heroes Basketball Update: July 1Monstarz attacks too much for Four Ones 61-40 In the 17 and under boys division of the Heroes Hoops league, the Monstarz beat Four Ones by a final score of 61 to 40 on Monday. The high scorers for ...

Brooklyn Cyclones kick off 10th season on SaturdayHow does the time go by so fast? It’s hard to believe that 10 years have gone by since baseball returns to Brooklyn, but it’s true: this Saturday evening the Brooklyn Cyclones will kick off their 1...

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The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings plane in the French Alps had informed his employer that he had undergone a "previous episode of severe depression", Lufthansa said Tuesday. The airline, which owns Germanwings, said 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz had told the company in 2009 about his illness after interrupting his flight training. Lufthansa added that it had handed additional documents, especially medical and training documents, to prosecutors in the western city of Duesseldorf after "further internal investigations". The airline had until now only said that Lubitz had interrupted his training for several months six years ago but its chief Carsten Spohr had not provided an explanation as to why he did so.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Amid anger over an Islamist insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives, Nigerians returned a 72-year-old former military dictator to power Tuesday in the most hotly contested election in the country's history.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni civilians shuddered in fear and bristled with anger under an intense Saudi-led bombing campaign against Shiite rebels on Tuesday, day six of fighting that prompted international aid organizations to express alarm over high civilian casualties from the strikes and violence roiling the country.